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William McCardle was ______. a. a federal judge b. a Supreme Court justice c. an ex-Confederate general d. a newspaper editor The defendants in Dennis v. United States had been convicted of violating the _____. a. Solomon Amendment b. Enforcement […]

Dartmouth College v. Woodward involved _____. a. the due proess clause b. the commerce clause c. the contract clause d. presidential power The opinion of the Court in Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co. was written by _____. […]

Justice _____ wrote in Schenck v. U.S. (1919) that “[t]he most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater, and causing a panic.” a. Edward T. Sandford b. Louis D. Brandeis […]

Gonzales v. Carhart involved a statute similar to one the Court had struck down in 2000 in _____. a. Roe v. Wade b. Washington v. Glucksberg c. Stenberg v. Carhart d. Lawrence v. Texas Which of the following is the […]

The majority opinion in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) was authored by _____. a. Chief Justice Earl Warren b. Justice William Brennan c. Justice Potter Stewart d. Justice Hugo Black Who wrote the majority opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago? […]

Vieth v. Jubelirer concerned _____. a. districting in New Jersey b. gerrymandering c. racial discrimination d. policies that favored Pennsylvania Democrats Who wrote the opinion of the Court in Ex parte McCardle? a. Justice Grier b. Chief Justice Marshall c. […]

In Furman v. Georgia (1972), justices _____ and _____ stated their view that the death penalty is inherently “cruel and unusual punishment.” a. White; Rehnquist b. Warren; Stewart c. Blackmun; Burger d. Marshall; Brennan Home Building & Loan Association v. […]